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The South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius was probably not on his prosthetic legs when he shot and killed his model girlfriend, according to a state ballistics expert, whose opinion casts doubt on allegations that the murder was premeditated.

South African prosecutors had claimed that Mr Pistorius, a double amputee, had paused to put on his legs before killing Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine’s Day last year.

Mr Pistorius, whose trial is due to start next month, has said that he thought she was an intruder when he opened fire in a panic through a locked bathroom door